From Mirzapur 2 To Ludo, Indian Film Festival of Melbourne 2021 Nominations Revealed!

The Indian Film Festival of Melbourne 2021 which is one of the most prominent international Indian film festivals, has announced its nominations for this year. It is an annual event hosted in Melbourne, Australia, that showcases the best of Indian cinema and the subcontinent. It is sponsored by the Victorian Government.

The IFFM 2021 has gone virtual in its 12th edition due to the pandemic. With over 100 films being screened over the course of the event, it will celebrate diversity and the best of Indian cinema. Aside from the screenings, the festival will host the 'IFFM Awards Ceremony,' which will be a hit.

Take a look at the nominations for the Indian Film Festival of Melbourne 2021:

BEST FILM

1.    Kayattam (A’Hr) – Malayalam – Sanal Kumar Sasidharan

2.    Lootcase – Hindi – Rajesh Krishnan

3.    Ludo – Hindi – Anurag Basu

4.    Sherni – Hindi- Amit Masurkar

5.    Soorarai Pottru – Tamil – Sudha Kongara

6.    Tasher Ghawr – Bengali – Sudipto Roy

BEST ACTOR

1.    Benjamin Daimary – Jonaki Porua -Assamese

2.    Harish Khanna – God on the Balcony – Assamese

3.    Jitin Puthanchery - Santhoshathinte Onnam Rahasyam - Malayalam

4.    Koumarane Valavane – Nasir – Tamil

5.    Neel Deshmukh – Sthalpuran – Marathi

6.    Pankaj Tripathi – Ludo – Hindi

7.    Rajkummar Rao – Ludo – Hindi

8.    Suriya – Soorarai Pottru - Tamil

BEST ACTRESS

1.    Kani Kusruti – Biriyaani – Malayalam

2.    Nimisha Sajayan – The Great Indian Kitchen – Malayalam

3.    Rasika Dugal – Lootcase – Hindi

4.    Rima Kallingal - Santhoshathinte Onnam Rahasyam - Malayalam

5.    Swatika Mukjherjee – Tasher Ghawr – Bengali

6.    Vidya Balan – Sherni – Hindi

7.    Vinamrata Rai – Fire in the Mountains - Hindi

BEST SERIES

1.    Bandish Bandits – Hindi

2.    Churails – Urdu, Hindi

3.    Mirzapur Season 2 – Hindi

4.    Mismatched – Hindi

5.    The Family Man Season 2 - Hindi

BEST ACTOR IN WEB SERIES

1.    Ali Fazal – Mirzapur Season 2

2.    Divyenndu – Mirzapur Season 2

3.    Manoj Bajpayee – The Family Man Season 2

4.    Mohammed Zeeshan Ayyub – Tandav

5.    Pankaj Tripathi – Mirzapur Season 2

6.    Saif Ali Khan – Tandav

BEST ACTRESS IN WEB SERIES

1.    Neena Gupta – Masaba Masaba

2.    Prajakta Koli – Mismatched

3.    Rasika Dugal – Mirzapur Season 2

4.    Samantha Akkineni – The Family Man Season 2

5.    Shahana Goswami – Bombay Begums

6.    Shweta Tripathi Sharma – Mirzapur Season

BEST INDIE FILM

1.    Fire in the Mountains – Hindi – Ajitpal Singh

2.    God on the Balcony – Assamese – Biswajeet Bora

3.    Laila aur Satt Geet – Gojri, Hindi – Pushpendra Singh

4.    Nasir – Tamil – Arun Karthick

5.    Pinki Elli? – Kannada – Prithvi Konnanur

6.    Seththumaan – Tamil – Thamizh

7.    Sthalpuran – Marathi – Akshay Indikar

8.    The Great Indian Kitchen – Malayalam – Jeo Baby

BEST DOCUMENTARY

1.    A Rifle in a Bag – Gondi, Madiya, Hindu – Christina Hanes, Isabella Rinaldi and Arya Rothe

2.    About Mumma – English – Maanvi Chowdhury

3.    Borderlands – Bengali, Hindi, Nepali, Punjabi, Other – Samarth Mahajan

4.    Shut Up Sona – English – Deepti Gupta

5.    Watch over Me – Hindi, Malayalam – Farida Pacha

6.    WOMB – English, Hindi, Tamil, Telugu – Ajitesh Sharma

BEST DIRECTOR

1.    Ajitpal Singh – Fire in the Mountains – Hindi

2.    Akshay Indikar – Sthalpuran – Marathi

3.    Amit Masurkar – Sherni – Hindi

4.    Anurag Basu – Ludo – Hindi

5.    Arun Karthick – Nasir – Tamil

6.    Biswajeet Bora – God on the Balcony - Assamese

7.    Jeo Baby – The Great Indian Kitchen – Malayalam

8.    Pithvi Konnanur – Pinki Elli? – Kannada

9.    Sanal Kumar Sasidharan – Kayattam (A’hr) – Malayalam

10. Sudha Kongara – Soorarai Pottru - Tamil

The Indian Film Festival of Melbourne 2021 will take place virtually on August 20, 2021.